>>"hunter" "assault rifle" you can see the problem there can't you.

Agreed- certainly you don't need a semi automatic weapon to hunt deer. However, when the NZ military modernized its weaponry some years back, the exiting firearms that fired easily available cheap NATO ammo, were released onto the market with automatic fire disabled. There are plenty of these semi automatic weapons around with reversion to automatic fire possible via a simple pin modification. I've yet to see one without a suppressor, fwiw. And yet no daily mass shootings. Just like in Switzerland where many households have at least one military assault rifle. As I keep saying, it's not just availability of firearms or suppressors causing the US to have a unique mass shooting issue in the first world.

>>Everyone could be legally obliged to have a gun (low income and unemployed would have to be given them) and train to use guns safely and correctly and be obliged to regularly turn out for their trained militia duties.

Agreed. You can't possess a hand gun in NZ unless you're a member of a professional pistol shooting club that you attend regularly, competing and undertaking refresher courses. Nutters are spotted early via these means.